Boundary Wall Enclosing Grounds to Abbey House on South and West Sides with Gate Piers is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 October 1973. Boundary wall.
Boundary Wall Enclosing Grounds to Abbey House on South and West Sides with Gate Piers
- WRENN ID
- sombre-vestry-snow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 October 1973
- Type
- Boundary wall
- Address
- Boundary Wall Enclosing Grounds to Abbey House on South and West Sides with Gate Piers, Abbey Walk, Shaftesbury
- OS grid reference
- ST 861 228
- Coordinates
- 51.00468, -2.19936
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The boundary wall enclosing the grounds of Abbey House on the south and west sides dates from around the 18th century, with later repairs. It is constructed of stone rubble topped with stone coping and is angled in towards the north end at the entrance to Abbey House. The wall features ashlar gate piers that have moulded caps and small ball finials. There are two similar ball finials on the west wall to the south of the entrance, and another finial is located over the southwest corner.
Local climate
Boundary Wall Enclosing Grounds to Abbey House on South and West Sides with Gate Piers receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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